Published date: 30 May 2022
This notice was replaced on 31 October 2022
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Awarded contract (published 31 October 2022, last edited 17 January 2024)
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Contract summary
Industry
Education and training services - 80000000
Location of contract
North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber
Value of contract
£2,250,000
Procurement reference
tender_303435/1075132
Published date
30 May 2022
Closing date
29 June 2022
Closing time
9:30am
Contract start date
6 September 2022
Contract end date
5 September 2025
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Department for Education (DfE) are seeking to procure outcome driven engagement plans from suppliers to increase levels of awareness of apprenticeship markets and benefits amongst Employers, and to stimulate and support the generation of new or renewed participation in Apprenticeships starts within the Small and Medium Sized Employer (SME) landscape.
This focus on SMEs and the new starts created will increase the economic value of skills being supplied by the post 16 system, these improved skills will lead to increased productivity, social mobility and will support economic recovery.
The tender opportunity is published via the DfE eTendering Portal URL: https://education.app.jaggaer.com. Please ensure that your organisation has an account registered on the Jaggaer portal to access the opportunity.
The DfE reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notices or at any other time.
The DfE will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work or effort incurred by a provider in acting on the basis of this notice.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
Engaging and re-engaging SMEs in the apprenticeship market
- Future opportunity
- Published 22 April 2022
About the buyer
Contact name
Department For Education
Address
23 Great Smith St
London
SW1P 3DJ
England
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